Weird Day Trips
Chloride
Chloride is about 2 to 2.5 hours from Las Vegas via US-93, near Kingman. That is a planning number for a dry day, not live traffic. What you actually see is a living mining town with murals. It is not the Laughlin road.
Chloride is a living mining town on the Arizona side, near Kingman, about 2 to 2.5 hours from central Las Vegas via US-93. That is a rounded planning number for a dry day, not live traffic. The road is not the Laughlin highway. Murals and old buildings are the walk.
- From Las Vegas
- About 2 to 2.5 hours
- Distance
- Via US-93, near Kingman
- Road
- Paved US-93, on the Arizona side
- Time to allow
- Full day
Short history
People still live here. The public look is the street, the murals, and what is left of the mining years. This page does not list shop hours.
Visit
Worth a look if you want mines and murals and you have a full day for a small-town walk.
Camp
Camping is not the reason people come. Chloride is a visit, not a camp.
Skip
You might leave it off if the day is already Laughlin or Lake Havasu. Those are a different road.
The call is yours.
Practical visitor info
Hours and fees change. Check the site, the park, or the business before you go. This page does not quote a current price or a current opening time.
The numbers match the drive times and distances page. Read desert day-trip tips before a hot day, and see sample itineraries if you want to combine stops. The town list is Ghost Towns Near Las Vegas. Tonopah and the Extraterrestrial Highway are indexed under Weird Day Trips.
How long is the drive to Chloride?
Plan on about 2 to 2.5 hours via US-93. It is a full day if the town is the stop. It does not share a day cleanly with Laughlin or Lake Havasu, which use a different road.
Is the drive to Chloride paved?
The highway route is paved. A normal rental car is the usual vehicle.
What you can see
A small-town walk: murals, old buildings, and a mining town that is still occupied.
Heat and safety
Summer afternoons commonly sit above 100°F (38°C). Shade is whatever the street offers. Read the desert tips before a hot day.
On the ground
What you can see
You can walk a living mining town: murals and old buildings near Kingman.
Private or off limits
It is a visit, not a camp. The road is US-93, not the highway to Laughlin.
Summer and the season
Summer afternoons are hot. The day is a full one at about 2 to 2.5 hours each way.
Murals and the street, as a town that is still occupied.
Get directions
Get directions from Las Vegas. The link opens a map. It is not a live traffic report.
Combine this
Times below are planning figures. Conditions change. A north stop and a south stop do not belong in the same day. The return drive eats it.
US-93 toward Kingman, about 2 to 2.5 hours. A different road from Laughlin and from Lake Havasu.